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 HISTORY OF (JOOMLI'K ColWTY 815 acres of the old homestead. This he has continued to improve. rebuilding the house, beside constructing many other buildings for the shelter of stock and grain. .Mr. Aslakson was married July 4. 1895, to Ellen Marie, daughter of Soren and Anna Under- dahl. Mrs. Underdahl died July 5. 1882, and her husband is stilt living. S.-iin O. Aslakson and wife have been blessed with six children — Selmer, Leonard, Matilda, Anna, Joseph and Lydia, all of whom are alive. .Mr. Aslakson is a Republican, a member of the Lutheran Church and at the pres- ent time treasurer of the parochial school. He was once the treasurer of school district Xo. 92 for twelve years, and in 1900 took the census of .Minneola township. At the present time he is director iu and stockholder of the Minneola Creamery Company. He is an energetic business man and well deserves the rewards of his hard labor. Frank Ahneman, of Minneola township, was born at Pine Island, this county. April 20, 1864. His parents, Henry and Sophia (Pultz) Ahneman, were both natives of Germany, who came to this country in the early forties, settling in "Wisconsin. About ten years later they moved to Pine Island village, where the father conducted a store for the period of two years. Tiring of mercantile life, he sold this store and bought a farm of 310 acres, where he lived until his death. April 16, 1906, his wife having died November 10, 1893. Frank Ahneman received his education in the public schools of Pine Island, and after leaving school assisted his father on the farm until 1897, when he re- moved to Olmstead county, Minnesota. Here he engaged in farming until 1899, when he came to Minneola township, pur- chasing a farm of 160 acres in section 24, on which he conducted many improvements, making a good home for himself and family. In 1907 he built a substantial house and other farm buildings. He carries on a general farming, and has been very successful, ac- quiring his possessions by his frugal habits, honesty and hard work. Mr. Ahneman was married December 22, 1896, at Red AVing, to Hannah Degener, daughter of Henry and Ernestine (Verch) Degener, natives of Germany, came to America and located at Greenlake county, AVisconsin, where the father en- gaged in farming for several years, afterward removing to Pine Island and following the same line of work. He and his wife are still living on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ahneman have been blessed with one daughter and one son — Hilda, born May 15, 1897, and Arthur, born July 17, 1900. Mr. Ahneman is Demo- cratic in his political views. The family attends the Lutheran Church. Cornelius A. Erstad is one of the prosperous farmers of Minne- ola township. His parents, Andrew and Oline (Hanson) Erstad,